You're right. They should have waiting until the terrorist told them where he was hiding so that they could search for him in the boat.

This was a terrible story that had a happy ending because they caught the mother****er. And still people look for things to whine and bitch about.

They dint find him smart ass. A civilian that had been waiting all ****ing day to be ALLOWED the OPPORTUNITY to leave his HOUSE to have a SMOKE found him.
So IMO If they would not have locked down the neighborhood & made everyone go inside
Joe cig smoker would have found him HOURS earlier.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Kotter

Sounds like a great idea. I got some friends at DHS and the CIA, who would really love to read your stuff from here.

There were specific rights specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights for a reason.

Have you ever heard the term "exigent circumstance"?

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An exigent circumstance, in the American law of criminal procedure, allows law enforcement to enter a structure without a search warrant, or if they have a "knock and announce" warrant, without knocking and waiting for refusal under certain circumstances. It must be a situation where people are in imminent danger, evidence faces imminent destruction, or a suspect will escape.

In the criminal procedure context, exigent circumstance means:

An emergency situation requiring swift action to prevent imminent danger to life or serious damage to property, or to forestall the imminent escape of a suspect, or destruction of evidence. There is no ready litmus test for determining whether such circumstances exist, and in each case the extraordinary situation must be measured by the facts known by officials.[1]

Those circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to believe that entry (or other relevant prompt action) was necessary to prevent physical harm to the officers or other persons, the destruction of relevant evidence, the escape of a suspect, or some other consequence improperly frustrating legitimate law enforcement efforts.[2]

Exigent circumstances may make a warrantless search constitutional if probable cause exists. The existence of exigent circumstances is a mixed question of law and fact.[3] There is no absolute test for determining if exigent circumstances exist, but general factors have been identified. These include: clear evidence of probable cause; the seriousness of the offense and likelihood of destruction of evidence; limitations on the search to minimize the intrusion only to preventing destruction of evidence; and clear indications of exigency.

Exigency may be determined by: degree of urgency involved; amount of time needed to get a search warrant; whether evidence is about to be removed or destroyed; danger at the site; knowledge of the suspect that police are on his or her trail; and/or ready destructibility of the evidence.[4] In determining the time necessary to obtain a warrant, a telephonic warrant should be considered. As electronic data may be altered or eradicated in seconds, in a factually compelling case the doctrine of exigent circumstances will support a warrantless seizure.

Even in exigent circumstances, while a warrantless seizure may be permitted, a subsequent warrant to search may still be necessary.

They dint find him smart ass. A civilian that had been waiting all ****ing day to be ALLOWED the OPPORTUNITY to leave his HOUSE to have a SMOKE found him.
So IMO If they would not have locked down the neighborhood & made everyone go inside
Joe cig smoker would have found him HOURS earlier.